I like to watch videos of people folding things carefully and with concentration and precision. Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is an experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love? I love writing with them so much, I worry they might stop making them one day and then what will I do? I now have eight of them but am always in the market for more. They have a great clicker and it’s so comforting to click on and off repeatedly while I think. It’s made of wood, so it feels like writing with a pencil and has a very thin nib, which I love writing with. I recently found a new pen by a Japanese company called Delfonics. What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months (or in recent memory)? There is so much wonderful advice, sense and compassion in these letters, it is worth reading yearly or when you forget how to live with heart. It’s filled with advice about love, happiness and creativity and more.Ģ) Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed.Ī collection of letters to Cheryl from her time on The Rumpus as an advice columnist. This was the book that made me believe I could write. What are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?ġ) The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and See by Naomi Wolf. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, two children and two dogs. She has also written five young adult romance books including Unlucky Break, Head over High Heels, Beauty and the Beat, Piece of Cake and Twice Upon a Time.

The Perfect Retreat by Kate Forster